Washington 1972 ballot measures

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Twenty-two statewide ballot measures were on the November 7, 1972 ballot in Washington.

• Three of the measures were Initiatives to the People.
• Eight of the measures were legislatively referred state statutes.
• Three of the measures were Initiatives to the Legislature.
• Eight of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Sixteen of the measures were approved and six were defeated.

On the ballot

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITP	Initiative 258	Animals	Allows a greyhound race track in any city with a population over 150,000	d
ITP	Initiative 261	Alcohol	Privatizes state-owned liquor stores and prohibits the state from engaging in the distribution and sale of alcohol	d
ITP	Initiative 276	Elections	Requires periodic reports from groups or individuals who try to influence elections and limits how much money may be expended in a campaign	a
LRSS	Referendum 24	Legislature	Regulates legislative lobbying	a
LRSS	Referendum 25	Elections	Regulates certain campaign contributions and expenditures	a
LRSS	Referendum 26	Bond Issues	Authorizes $225 million in bonds for public waste disposal facilities	a
LRSS	Referendum 27	Bond Issues	Authorizes $75 million in bonds for water supply facilities	a
LRSS	Referendum 28	Bond Issues	Authorizes $40 million in bonds for recreation areas and facilities	a
LRSS	Referendum 29	Bond Issues	Authorizes $25 million in bonds for health and social service facilities	a
LRSS	Referendum 30	Bond Issues	Authorizes $50 million in bonds for public transportation systems	d
LRSS	Referendum 31	Bond Issues	Authorizes $50 million in bonds for community college facilities	a
ITL	Initiatives 40 and 40B	Environment	Establishes anti-litter regulations and rules	a(40B)
ITL	Initiatives 43 and 43B	Environment	Regulates the use and development of the shoreline	a(43B)
ITL	Initiative 44	Taxes	Limits property tax levies to twenty mills without a vote of the people	a
LRCA	SJR 1	Taxes	Replaces a forty mill property tax limit with a maximum allowable rate of one percent of the value of all taxable property	a
LRCA	SJR 5	Lottery	Repeals the prohibition against lotteries and institutes a requirement of a supermajority vote via the legislature or a ballot measure to conduct one	a
LRCA	SJR 38	Gov't Salaries	Allows county commissioners to set their own salaries and those of all other county officers	a
LRCA	HJR 1	Taxes	Requires the legislature to review all tax exemptions, deductions, exclusions or credits at least once every ten years	d
LRCA	HJR 21	Local Gov't	Permits the people of any county to create a combined "city-county" government by majority vote	a
LRCA	HJR 47	Taxes	Redesigns the approval formula governing certain excess property tax levies	a
LRCA	HJR 52	Gov't Finances	Allows the legislature to authorize debts by a three-fifths majority vote in both houses and only debts that would not require debt service payment to exceed nine percent	a
LRCA	HJR 61	Constitutional Rights	Provides that equality of rights and responsibilities shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex	a

See also

• List of Washington ballot measures
• 1972 ballot measures
• List of ballot measures by year
• List of ballot measures by state

External links

• Washington 1972 election results
• State of Washington 1972 Voters Pamphlet & Local Voters Pamphlet